Everything alive has a microbiota.

From the human body to animals, plants and soil, the microbiota governs the health of all life. Microbiota.org is the institute that organizes, certifies and brings this science to the world.

The Global Microbiota Standard

The planet’s largest organ is invisible.

Trillions of microorganisms decide digestion, immunity, mood and metabolism, in humans, animals, plants and whole ecosystems. To understand the microbiota is to understand life. No one had organized it as a global reference. We did.

🧍Humanclinical
🐾Veterinaryanimal
🐄Livestockfarming
🌱Plantcrops
🌍Soilenvironment
🔬Researchfrontier
The microbiota in numbers

Why this is the largest category in life science

~38trillionmicroorganisms in a single human body, more than your own cells
+150×more genesin the microbiome than in the human genome
US$1.1bn→ ~US$6bnglobal market on track by 2032 (CAGR ~23%)
360°axesfrom gut-brain to gut-kidney, across all life
What the microbiota is

The invisible intelligence that sustains life

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An organ in its own right

The gut microbiota acts as a metabolic organ: it produces vitamins, trains the immune system and regulates hormones and neurotransmitters.

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A network of axes

It connects to brain, liver, skin, lung, kidney, heart and reproductive system. Medicine moved from the isolated organ to the network.

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In every form of life

Animals, plants and soil have their own microbiomes, and the health of each depends on them. The microbiota is universal.

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Specific and measurable

Effects are entity-specific, a strain, a metabolite, a fiber each has its own evidence, dose and indication.